Rail workers refuse strike ban in Ohio and Indiana
Defiant Toledo and Elkhart railroad workers refused to end the strike blocking the New York Central main line from Cleveland to Chicago. About 1,800 workers idle at Elkhart and 500 in Toledo shouted against orders to return to work. Three brotherhoods had called off the strike earlier under Federal Court orders, with service resuming on roughly half the struck line as talks continued.
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Cleveland
Toledo
Elkhart
Ind
Chicago
Unio
New York Central
Buffalo
St. Louis
NYC
Eisenhower sweeps New Hampshire primary victory early
In Manchester Eisenhower dominates the first nation wide primary, winning all 14 Republican delegate races and the popular vote. Kefauver defeats Truman in the Democratic contest and also takes all 12 Democratic delegates. Final unofficial tallies show Eisenhower 46,497 among Republicans and Kefauver 26,147 versus Truman 16,298 in the Democratic race.
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Manchester
N. H
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
New Hampshire
Estes Kefauver
Truman
Eisenhower
GOP
Kefauver
Farley
MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
Taft
William R. Schneider
Stassen
Calif
Warren
Ite. Diublican
Sixy
Mother Kills 2 Children Then Self in Greensburg
GREENSBURG Pa A young drug salesman found his wife Alice Nicholas 37 dead after killing their two children Joan 7 and Robert Jr 3 The bodies showed strangulation with flannel strips The mother suffered minor razor cuts Autopsy ordered to check poisoning Robert E Nicholas stated he arrived home to the tragedy saying there was no family trouble and he could not understand why his wife would kill their children and herself.
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Greensburg
Tawa
Robert E. Nicholas
Joan
Robert Jr
Alice Nicholas
Joseph R. Check
Bob
Alice
Nicholas
Butler
Bus collision in Bahia leaves 33 dead and 40 hurt
In Tucano Bahia a truck carrying drought refugees collided with a bus. The disaster killed 33 people and injured 40 others according to press dispatches. The interior town lies in Bahia state in Northeast Brazil.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Tucano
Bahia
Brazil
Jet Flier Buried Will Study Hike in Harrisburg
The State Superior Court today scheduled a multi month review on a $3,556,000 rate boost case tied to Duquesne Light. Capt. George Janes Drapery remnants and local business notices appear in a crowded fragment.
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Harrisburg
George C.jan
Thomas
Hummelstown
Duquesne Light
Hisiop
Pittsburgh
Red Inspections Rejected By Allies In Korea Armistice Talks
Allied truce negotiators rejected a Red scheme to let Russia examine American secret weapons as part of a proposed armistice supervision. They also dismissed a prisoner exchange plan, warning the move could be a trap. Despite the standoff, UN spokesmen noted a more cordial tone and continued talks about supervising the armistice.
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Munsan
Korea
Russia
U. N
Adm
R. B. Libby
U.N
William P. Nuckols
U.N. Command
China
Andrew J., Kinney
Local Audit Reports Reveal Borough Finances and Parking Meter Lease
Indiana Borough auditors release 1951 figures showing 4 053.52 in expenditures and 141 81 balance. Highlights include 5000 spent on new buildings at Indiana Municipal Airport and a 134 parking meters lease with monthly payments of half revenue until value is paid. Recommendations to council noted.
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Indiana
Indiana Municipal Air-1port
Indiana Recreation Commission
Indian Springs Park
Council
Duncan Parking Meter Corp
28th Wives Land At Germany Welcomed At HQ
In Goep pingen Germany the wives and children of 12 officers and a sergeant of the Pennsylvania National Guard were greeted at the divisional headquarters from Bremerhaven. Kisses flowers and music welcomed the first group of dependents to join soldiers of the 28th Infantry Division in Germany yesterday.
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Goeppingen
Germany
Pennsylvania National Guard
Bremerhaven
28Th Infantry
Bell Satisfactory After Hospital Operation Report
Hugh M. Bell circulation manager of the Indiana Gazette was reported in satisfactory condition today at Indiana Hospital after undergoing an operation yesterday morning for an unspecified illness or condition.
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Hugh M. Bell
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana Hospital
Tax Split Under Study By Officials
A bipartisan group of governors and local officials meet with congressmen in Washington to discuss new ways to allocate future tax dollars. The round table, chaired by Rep. Doughton, weighs multiple taxation of gasoline tobacco admissions and estates but offers no action to reduce overlapping taxes.
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Washington
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Adlai Stevenson
Illnois
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Wisconsin
House
Ways and Means
Rep
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Lester D. Kimmel
Indi
Reed
Choree
Taxsen
J. F. Bragg
Retary
Merle Craig
Indiana
Safety Meet Plans Laid For Indiana
The North Central District Safety Association plans its 10th annual first-aid meet for mine teams at the J. S. Mack Memorial Center in Indiana possibly on July 19. The event includes a basket picnic and a reunion of mining’s old-timers along with first-aid competitions. James A. Blackburn of Kittanning was elected president pending formal acceptance. A. J. Bengston of Indiana named first.
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North Central District Safety Association
J. S. Mack Memorial Center
Indiana
R and P
James A. Blackburn
Kittanning
Blackburn
A. J. Bengston
Factory to Stay In Blairsville Amid Dam Flood Zone
Blairsville Machine Products Company officials denied plans to relocate if the plant is razed for Conemaugh flood control. A Board of Trade report says U.S. Engineers have not decided on moving the plant and are weighing a dyke option after talks with the Pittsburgh owner.
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Blairsville
Blairsville Machine Products Company
Conemaugh Dam
Board of Trade
U. S
Pittsburgh
Soviet Art Attacks Russian Desire for Western Music
The Soviet Art journal condemns Russians who want Western pop music and dances. It says the West’s foxtrots and tangos inflate sex impulses and ruin Soviet culture, continuing its pattern of opposing jazz and Western dance forms.
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Moscow
Soviet Art
Shakespeare Folio Collection Sells for Over Million
The famous A. S. W. Aggenbach collection of Shakespeare folios and quartos sold for well over one million dollars to Dr. Martin Bodmer, a Swiss banker from Geneva, in New York.
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New York
A. S. W. Aggenbach
Martin Bodmer
Geneva
Admiral’s Testimony Was Secret Revealed At Hearing
Washington 71 The Pentagon’s custodians of military secrets winced as Rear Admiral John B. Moss testified at a Senate subcommittee hearing on a hush hush guided missile. A Navy spokesman said Moss believed he was in a closed session and no action will be taken. Moss identified the missile as the Sparrow and said it can track and destroy an enemy plane.
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Washington
Pentagon
Navy
John B. Moss
Senate
Moss
Bureau of Aeronautics
Sagamore Driver Hospitalized After Route 80 Crash
Edward McNeely, 27, of Sagamore, was injured when his car left Route 80 two miles north of Indiana and struck a tree. He was taken to Indiana Hospital with a deep neck laceration and facial cuts. State Police said bright oncoming headlights blinded him at 11 15 p m and he lost control. damage estimates were not yet available.
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Edward McNeely
Sagamore
Indiana
McNeely
Three Local Girls Hurt In Smashup On Water Street
Three Indiana girls were injured when a driver blinded by oncoming headlights lost control on Water street. Joanne Fiscus 18 suffered facial injuries. Modeska Mikesell 22 was thrown from the car with leg burns. Rebecca Kovalchick 17 had a possible nose fracture. All treated at Indiana Hospital and discharged. Police estimated $975 damage to the car and $60 to a parking meter.
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Indiana
Water Street
Joanne Fiscus
George Fiscus
Philadelphia Street
Modeska Mikesell
Alexander Mikesell
Wayne Avenue
Rebecca Kovalchick
South Seventh Street
Indiana Hospital
Roy Schrecengost
Mikesell
Second Auto
Government weighs steel price boost amid labor dispute
Washington reports the price panel and Steelworkers union loom large as OPS may propose a $2 per ton rise under the Capehart formula to cover wartime cost increases. CIO union threatens a midnight March 28 strike. wage-board deliberations on an 18 to 24 cent hourly rise for miners shift the stamina of talks.
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Washington
Adm
Ben Moreel
Jones and McLaughlin Company
Steel Industry
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
CIO
United Steelworkers
Spangler
Paul Rummel
Belsano
Iin
WSB
Worker Fatally Struck by Flying Saw Blade at Work
A heavy buzz saw blade torn from a fellow worker struck and fractured Rummel's skull. The accident happened at 7 25 p m on Monday and Rummel died at 8 p m yesterday.
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Rummel
Winslow Resigns City Editor Post at Punxsutawney Spirit
Edward C. Winslow known as Ned byline resigns as city editor of the Punxsutawney Spirit after six years with Jefferson County daily. He joined as reporter and since December 1948 served as editor and was noted for drama and music reviews. He leaves to pursue a southern career amid a long readership base.
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Edward C. Winslow
Ned” Winslow
Punxsutawney Spirit
South
Jefferson County
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